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Monday, August 25th, 2025
the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

马可福音 4:19

然而今世的憂慮、財富的迷惑,以及種種的慾望,接連進來,把道擠住,就結不出果實來。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Care;   Character;   Covetousness;   Instability;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Lust;   Minister, Christian;   Riches;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   Worldliness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Desire;   Evil;   Poverty-Riches;   Riches, Earthly;   Treasures, Earthly;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Disobedience;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assurance;   Perseverance;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Age, Ages;   Allegory;   Apocalyptic;   Life;   Parable;   Wealth;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lust;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Anxiety;   Concupiscence;   Mark, the Gospel of;   World, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Heart;   World;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Aeon;   Allegory;   Desire;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Honour (2);   Immortality (2);   Lust;   Lust (2);   Mystery ;   Parable;   Physical ;   Renunciation;   Wealth;   Wealth (2);   World ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   World;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Care;   Lust;   World (Cosmological);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 14;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
後 来 有 世 上 的 思 虑 、 钱 财 的 迷 惑 , 和 别 样 的 私 欲 进 来 , 把 道 挤 住 了 , 就 不 能 结 实 。

Contextual Overview

1 Again Jesus began teaching by the lake. A great crowd gathered around him, so he sat down in a boat near the shore. All the people stayed on the shore close to the water. 2 Jesus taught them many things, using stories. He said, 3 "Listen! A farmer went out to plant his seed. 4 While he was planting, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some seed fell on rocky ground where there wasn't much dirt. That seed grew very fast, because the ground was not deep. 6 But when the sun rose, the plants dried up because they did not have deep roots. 7 Some other seed fell among thorny weeds, which grew and choked the good plants. So those plants did not produce a crop. 8 Some other seed fell on good ground and began to grow. It got taller and produced a crop. Some plants made thirty times more, some made sixty times more, and some made a hundred times more." 9 Then Jesus said, "Let those with ears use them and listen!" 10 Later, when Jesus was alone, the twelve apostles and others around him asked him about the stories.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the cares: Luke 10:41, Luke 12:17-21, Luke 12:29, Luke 12:30, Luke 14:18-20, Luke 21:34, Philippians 4:6, 2 Timothy 4:10

the deceitfulness: Proverbs 23:5, Ecclesiastes 4:8, Ecclesiastes 5:10-16, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:17

and the lusts: 1 Peter 4:2, 1 Peter 4:3, 1 John 2:15-17

unfruitful: Isaiah 5:2, Isaiah 5:4, Matthew 3:10, John 15:2, Hebrews 6:7, Hebrews 6:8, 2 Peter 1:8, Jude 1:12

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 4:3 - Break Matthew 6:25 - Take Matthew 13:7 - General Matthew 13:22 - the deceitfulness Mark 4:7 - General Luke 8:7 - thorns Luke 8:14 - and are Ephesians 2:3 - in the 2 Timothy 3:6 - divers

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is right for him."
Genesis 2:24
So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.
Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 4:6
The Lord asked Cain, "Why are you angry? Why do you look so unhappy?
Matthew 19:8
Jesus answered, "Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because you refused to accept God's teaching, but divorce was not allowed in the beginning.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the cares of this world,.... The perplexing and distressing cares of it to get as much of it as they can, for themselves and families, fill their minds, and possess their souls even when and while they are hearing the word: and the deceitfulness of riches; or riches which are deceitful, especially when trusted in, and being obtained, they do not give the satisfaction they promise: and the lusts of other things entering in: carnal desires after other objects, which are pleasing to the sensual mind, entering into their hearts, and gaining, the ascendant there: choke the word, and it, becometh unfruitful; these being more attended to than the word is, that is quite lost, and becomes useless, and unprofitable.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 19. The deceitfulness of riches — This is variously expressed in different copies of the Itala: the errors - delights of the world - completely alienated (abolienati) by the pleasures of the world. The lusts of other things - which have not been included in the anxious cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches. All, all, choke the word!


 
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